I cycle as I drive. I choose my routes based upon safety and past experiences (and annoyances). Just as I may avoid certain roads in my car, so too do I avoid certain roads while riding my bicycle. Riding as a VC doesn't mean that I had to learn a secret g_ddamned handshake, or chant as I ride to make myself identifiable to others as if I'd joined some fraternal order of rolling monks.
I ride as a VC because it makes sense to me to ride that way. It's not a religion, but you wouldn't know it from this ongoing vituperative debate. Just ride your damned bike as you see fit and let others make their own choices!
